Level 2 Sampler

What Is AI?

Grades 3-5 - Module 1: What is AI? - 60 minutes. This is one of the five free sampler lessons; full curriculum planning and cohort tools remain inside paid partner programs.

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Objectives

What learners practice

Identify everyday examples of AI and non-AI tools.

Explain the five classroom ideas: perceive, learn, plan, interact, impact.

Use a teacher-approved prompt scaffold to create a safe AI artifact.

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Sampler Steps

Level 2

Think: What do you already know?Ask students to name tools that feel intelligent and explain why.

AI or Not?Compare toaster, digital map, voice assistant, and recommendation tool.

Impact ReflectionGuide students to name one helpful use and one careful-use rule.

Guided Prompt

student-active

Plan -> Generate -> Validate -> Render -> Evaluate -> Log -> Cache

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Preview + Checks

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AI or Not: Digital Map

A digital map can use AI when it predicts traffic and suggests routes.
It perceives location data and learns from traffic patterns.
Safe-use tip: do not share private home or school details in prompts.

Classifies the toolThe answer explains when a digital map uses AI.

Includes evidenceTraffic prediction and route suggestions are concrete examples.

Includes safe-use tipThe artifact avoids private student details.